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There's been quite a bit of mumbling and grumbling in the last few days (weeks? months?) that this whole AI thing might be a bubble and that the bubble might be about to burst. "The AI bubble is looking worse than the dot-com bubble," MarketWatch cautioned this week. Me, I

“If you give a good idea to a mediocre team, they will screw it up. If you give a mediocre idea to a brilliant team, they will either fix it or throw it away and come up with something better…

Apple will be announcing new Macs next week, and that could mean it’s finally time for them to update their Magic accessories (Mouse, Keyboard, and Trackpad) in some manner. Odds are, they’ll just get revved with USB-C instead of Lightning, but it’s always possible that they’ll

Shamelessly stolen from Peter Block.

Posted on Thursday 24 Oct 2024. 809 words, 6 links. By Matt Webb.

Anil Dash: It feels like 2004 again. A generation ago, those of us in tech might talk to our friends or family and hear them say, "I think the ads in my Hotmail account are terrible, and I can’t send any attachments. And Yahoo search is getting worse, plus

Posted on Monday 28 Oct 2024. 1,335 words, 21 links. By Matt Webb.

When I was developing a piece of rural property, I was in awe of the guy who ran the “escavator”.

institutional memory and the power of giving up

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Kosmik is the ultimate browser to manage your tabs properly. Tabs are a technology from the 90s and they haven't evolved since. With Kosmik spatial canvas and integrated web browser it's possible to browse the web in a sans way and to contextualize your research. Add notes, drawings and even retrieve pictures directly in the Kosmik workspace. by Paul Rony

Kosmik is the visual canvas for creatives. Stop wasting times looking for your screenshots, images, or favorite links. Browse the web, capture images, text and more. Share and work with your team! No more folders, bookmarks or infinite message threads.

Kosmik combines a web browser with an infinite canvas where you can drag and drop images and text from websites as well as PDF files. It automatically

In recent years, tools such as Figma, TLDraw, Apple's Freeform and Arc browser's Easel functionality have tried to sell the idea of using an "infinite

A Computer Science portal for geeks. It contains well written, well thought and well explained computer science and programming articles, quizzes and practice/competitive programming/company interview Questions.

Explore the transformative potential of Large Action Models (LAMs) in AI interactions, as envisioned by Mustafa Suleyman and demonstrated by Rabbit AI's R1 system. This article delves into how LAMs are redefining AI capabilities beyond traditional language models, offering innovative solutions across industries such as healthcare, finance, and customer service, while also addressing the challenges and ethical considerations of integrating these advanced systems.

Is a large action model better than a large language model? Find answers and learn true, road-tested insights from our SMEs.

A hot topic and development in the realm artificial intelligence (AI) is Large Action Models, also referred as Large Agentic Models or LAMs…

For some reason that’s probably irrational to most people, I have a deep-seated passion for Pascal. It’s the language I keep coming back to, the one I’ve invested time in, and the one I’ve bu…

Learn how to quickly build disposable Python web servers to solve specific problems, without the overhead of complex configurations. Perfect for debugging and quick testing.

Meta’s Llama contends with the new Open Source Initiative definition of truly “open” AI.

Endorse the Open Source AI Definition: have your organization appended to the list of supporters of version 1.0 version 1.0 Preamble Why we need Open Source Artificial Intelligence (AI) Open…

Represention of Open Source AI using Meta The Open Source Initiative released their definition of what constitutes Open Source AI: An Open Source AI is an AI system made available under terms and i…

The Tandy TRS-80 Pocket Computer was nicknamed the 'Trash-80.'

Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Dell, IBM, HP, Samsung…Tandy? Tech history is filled with stories of companies that survived industry turbulence and came out stronger on the other side. There’s also no sh…

You’ve heard of 3.5″ floppies coming in 720K and 1.44MB varieties, at least on PCs). IBM even had a 2.88MB floppy on some IBM PS/2 and NeXT machines. But there was a 3.5″ disk jus…

Although not new, "Instant: The Story of Polaroid" is still a wonderful book all about the history of Edwin Land and his creation of instant photography. If you're old enough,…